Neither height nor depth, nor anything else
in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:39
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A town centre church has relaunched a youth club with a family fun day.Trinity Methodist Church on London Road kicked off the new youth activities on Saturday.
9 September 2010
This Is Sussex.
Methodists get their first woman minister
A Scotswoman has become the first woman superintendent minister of the York So
7 September 2010
The York Press
Labour candidate Ed Miliband visits town
Labour leadership candidate Ed Miliband visited Glazebury Methodist Church last week to ‘learn from and listen to’ voters during a tour of the north west.
23 August 2010
Warrington Guardian
Shop in Witney and have fun
Witney independent businesses have joined forces with the Woolgate Centre and Marriotts Walk shopping centres, along with other high street stores, to hold the event on Saturday, September 4. There will be a Where’s Woolly treasure hunt, starting from the Methodist Church and run by the Children’s Centre, where entrants can explore the town centre collecting answers with prizes for the most successful treasure hunters.
23 August 2010
Witney Gazette
Methodist ministers take part in transatlantic job swap
A Methodist minister from Massachusetts is taking part in a six week 'parish swap' with a minister from Loughton.
11 August 2010
BBC Essex
Give the Gift of Peace
Christians are being encouraged to share a little peace with their neighbours, in the form of a new booklet from the Methodist Church.
10 August 2010
Christian Today
Successful arts and crafts market in Harpenden
More than 300 people visited the arts and crafts market held in Harpenden this weekend.
9 August 2010
St Albans and Harpenden Review
Families can go globe-trotting at home
Methodist churches in Yeovil and Sherborne are holding a series of travel-theme family activity days in the two towns, starting tomorrow.
9 August 2010
This Is Somerset
IN PICTURES: Weekend highlights
It was party time at the Methodist Church in Burnham on Saturday when mums celebrated the first birthdays of their babies.
9 August 2010
Maidenhead Advertiser
Methodists respond to Pakistan emergency
With over 1,400 people dead and three million people affected after heavy flooding in Pakistan, the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) and the Methodist Church are supporting efforts to help the survivors.
6 August 2010
Ekklesia
Peak gets last word on Wesley's pulpit
An historic pulpit used by John Wesley during a visit to New Mills more than 200 years ago has returned to the town.
5 August 2010
Buxton Advertiser
Stonehouse Methodist Church’s Summer Fayre a resounding success
Stonehouse Methodist Church’s Summer Fayre was a resounding success on Saturday July 10, with the church hall very busy from 11am onwards.
26 July 2010
Stroud News and Journal
Holy Communion to be offered on Twitter
A retired British Methodist minister is gathering Twitter followers after announcing he will use the social networking site to conduct Holy Communion.
26 July 2010
The Australian
Minister planning to use Twitter for Holy Communion service
Rev Tim Ross told the Sunday Telegraph hundreds of people have signed up for the very modern take on the sacred rite, which is scheduled to take place in August.
25 July 2010
The Metro
Church minister to tweet Holy Communion to the faithful
In a modern spin on Christianity's most sacred rite, worshippers are being invited to break bread and drink wine or juice in front of their computers as they follow the service online.
24 July 2010
The Sunday Telegraph
Methodists open skate park in Cornwall
An indoor skate park has opened at an industrial unit in Cornwall with help from local Methodists.
24 July 2010
BBC News
Five thousand Dalit Christians and Muslims against discrimination
'Wesley day' to provide boost for museum's restoration
Plans to restore the Old Rectory Museum in Epworth to how it looked in 1716 are moving on with events to raise funds for the scheme and study antiques with connections to the Wesley family.
12 July 2010
Yorkshire Post
The Israel boycott – now the Methodists are joining in
News that the Methodist Church had passed an “anti-Israel” motion caused me a heavy, sad sigh at this latest sign of the times.
4 July 2010
The Telegraph
WCC chief commends Methodists for 'daring more than words' on Israel Palestine
World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has congratulated the British Methodist Conference's “important and forward looking resolutions by your church around the question of a just peace for Palestine and Israel.”
3 July 2010
Ekklesia
Methodists vote for settlements boycott
The Methodist Church voted on Wednesday to boycott products from Israeli settlements recognised as illegal under international law at its annual Conference in Portsmouth.
2 July 2010
Guardian Comment Is Free
Methodists ‘live 7 years longer than others’
Methodists tend to live more than seven years longer than the rest of the population, revealed an academic study in Britain.
26 June 2010
The Buzz 7.
Methodists 'live more than seven years longer than rest of population'
Men belonging to the famously clean-living denomination live to the ripe old age of 83.9, research has found, compared with a national average of 77. For women the difference in longevity was even greater with female Methodists dying at 91.1 on average – nine years longer than the 82 years enjoyed by most British women.
25 June 2010
The Telegraph
£1 million record deal for choirgirl Joanna after audition in a corridor
A former choirgirl who has just graduated from music college has landed a £1 million record deal. She started singing when she was five in a choir at Upminster Methodist Church, and her early achievements included winning the Stratford and East London Music Festival at the age of 12.
22 June 2010
Evening Standard
Farewell for island church leader
A farewell service has been held for the leader of Jersey's Methodist Church, who is moving to the UK.
20 June 2010
BBC News
Singer set to scale heights
A rising opera star who started off singing in her church choir has landed a £1million record deal. The former Coopers' Company and Coborn student started singing when she was just five in the children's choir at Upminster Methodist Church in Hall Lane, Upminster.
18 June 2010
Romford Recorder
Final Chance for Discounted Methodist Festival Tickets
Young Methodists have just a few days left to get discounted tickets for the final Breakout festival next month.
15 June 2010
Community Newswire
Church set to use England’s World Cup stars to spread the word this summer
Worshippers will be praying for an England win today – inside a Preston church. Fulwood Free Methodist Church, on Lightfoot Lane, is hoping to entice new people to church by screening all of England’s matches in high definition on a massive 14ft by 8ft screen.
12 June 2010
beta.lep.co.uk
Alternative venues to cheer on England in the World Cup
For England fans wanting to avoid crowded pubs, there are plenty of alternative venues showing the World Cup. In Northumberland, Hexham Trinity Methodist Church is showing England games on a large screen in its hall.
11 June 2010
BBC News
Watching the South Africa World Cup in a church
Where will you be watching England play their South Africa World Cup matches? The Methodist Church on Burton Road in Lincoln is showing all the England matches on a big screen to encourage families to watch the spectacle together in a friendly environment.
11 June 2010
BBC News
10 ways football haters can tell it's World Cup time
In Hexham, Northumberland, the Reverend David Flavell has put up giant TV screens in the Trinity Methodist Church so his congregation can watch England matches en masse, in a smoke and alcohol-free "family friendly" atmosphere.
9 June 2010
BBC News
Churches disappointed by weak commitments on nuclear disarmament
An alliance of nine UK Churches has expressed disappointment at the failure of nuclear weapons states to agree deadlines for actions on nuclear disarmament.
29 May 2010
Ekklesia
England's World Cup games to be screened at Trinity Methodist Church
Trinity Methodist Church at Hexham will be showing games on a big screen, taking the opportunity to also hold a number of World Cup-themed services and also to raise money for a charity in South Africa, where the tournament is being staged.
28 May 2010
The Journal
Making Your Phone A Little More Methodist
New Greenbelt partners The Methodist Church are a resourceful bunch, and have released their own app for the iPhone.
27 May 2010
Greenbelt Blog
Quinton Methodist Church branded the 'biggest and best yet'
THIS year’s Quinton Methodist Church Arts and Craft Festival has been declared ‘the biggest and best yet’ by the organisers
27 May 2010
Halesowen News
Methodist leader vows to adopt all-island role
The incoming president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Rev Paul Kingston, is a Co Cork man and a pastoral minister in Limerick.
26 May 2010
News Letter
Methodists lead the way by phone
The Methodist Church is believed to be the first mainstream denomination in the UK to launch an iPhone application.
21 May 2010
Church Times
Methodist Church Launches iPhone App
The UK's Methodist Church has announced the launch of their first app for iPhone and iPod touch. Click here for more.
19 May 2010
TechNews.Am
Methodists hope Greenbelt partnership will strengthen ecumenical relations
The Methodist Church and Greenbelt festival have come together in a new three-year partnership that will see the Church increase its profile within the ecumenical community.
18 May 2010
Christianity Today
Methodist Church snubs festival boycott
The Methodist Church has ignored calls from conservative Christians to boycott the Greenbelt Christian festival by announcing a three-year partnership with Greenbelt.
18 May 2010
Interfaith
Worshippers lay foundations for new Clapton Methodist Church
More than a hundred worshippers celebrated the start of building work on the new Clapton Methodist Church with a stone laying ceremony on Friday afternoon (May 14).
18 May 2010
Hackney Gazette
Methodist parish celebrates 200th anniversary
Born in a barn 200 years ago, Methodism in Freckleton has come a long way since.
18 May 2010
beta.lep.co.uk
U.K. Methodist Church Offers Daily Prayer iPhone App
According to the BBC, the Methodist Church in England has just launched its very own app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, reportedly making it the first denomination in the country to take its scripture to the iTunes Store.
17 May 2010
Switched.com
UK Methodist Church Offers Daily Prayer iPhone App
According to the BBC, the Methodist Church in England has just launched its very own app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, reportedly making it the first denomination in the country to take its scripture to the iTunes Store.
17 May 2010
eckiller.com
methoApp : the methodist church into the 21st century mobile technology
The Methodist Church has become the first major denomination in Britain to launch its own application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
17 May 2010
Christian Portal News
Methodist Church backs Greenbelt in face of boycott
The Methodist Church has announced it is to be the Greenbelt festival's third major partner, flying in the face of a proposed boycott by a conservative Christian groups who claims the event is being 'gayified'.
17 May 2010
Ekklesia
The Methodist Church launches iPhone app
It uses the ‘Word in Time Bible’ study course which is authored by a different person every week in order to offer a unique reflection on the day’s chosen passage.
17 May 2010
The Telegraph
Methodist Church Launches iPhone App
The UK's Methodist Church has announced the launch of their first app for iPhone and iPod touch.
17 May 2010
Telenewswire.com
Methodist Church launches app for iPhone 
The Methodist Church has become the first major denomination in Britain to launch its own application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
16 May 2010
BBC News
Methodist Church launches app for iPhone
The Methodist Church has become the first major denomination in Britain to launch its own application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
16 May 2010
ukwirednews.com
UK Methodists gets their message across… by iPhone
The Methodist Church becomes the first major denomination in Britain to launch its own iPhone application.
15 May 2010
Make Message
Surf’s up for church missionaries on the beach at Polzeath
The success of the Fresh Expressions model, an initiative by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York with the Methodist Council, is such that it is now being followed by the United Reformed Church, Church of Scotland and Church Army, among others.
15 May 2010
The Times
Methodists release app
The Methodist Church is reaching out to tech-savvy believers. It's created an iPhone application where users can access daily bibles studies and prayers.
12 may 2010
Premier Radio
Go-ahead for £780,000 project
Methodists are to ebgin a mjor fundraising drive after planners approved a £780,000 scheme to revamp a well-known 19th centruy church.
10 May 2010
Teesdale Mecury
Methodist app now available on App Store
The Methodist Church has announced the launch of their first app for iPhone and iPod touch. The Methodist App enables people to view daily bible studies, prayers and news from the Church.
11 May 2010
Insprie Magazine
Official Methodist Church iPhone app launched
At the risk of sounding like an advert for iPhone apps, here's another worthy of attention. The Methodist Church of Great Britain has launched an app.
11 May 2010
The Church Mouse
Labour grab three more seats from Tories
Councillor Reid, a recently retired Methodist minister, said: “I am delighted. It brings Eccleshill back to having three Lib Dems. The people of Eccleshill know what they get from Lib Dem councillors and in the circumstances I am glad to be elected as a Lib Dem, I will be accountable as a Lib Dem and I will serve them as a Lib Dem.”
8 May 2010
Telegraph and Argus
Website launched for young Methodists
Young Methodists are being invited to change the world, one step at a time, by joining a new website launched by the Church.
6 May 2010
Community Newswire
UK heads to polls to cast votes in General Election
A voter leaves the polling station at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, central London, shortly after voting started across the UK in the General Election.
6 May 2010
Christian Today
Archbishop Vincent Nichols praises MPs’ expenses investigation
He praised the leaders’ debate held by Citizens UK in Westminster Methodist Hall on Monday as the most interesting moment in the election campaign, as he claimed that religious believers will have a “crucial part” to play in renewing the country.
5 May 2010
The Telegraph
Kings Langley Methodist Church celebrates anniversary
More than a hundred visitors have turned out at a church in Kings Langley to help mark its 75th anniversary.
4 May 2010
Topix Local News
St. Andrew’s URC & Methodist Church
Sunday 9 May is Christian Aid Sunday marking the start of the Annual Christian Aid week.The Family Worship and Junior Church service will be at10:30am.
4 May 2010
Rochdale News
Hiroshima mayor: now's the time to end nuclear weapons
Endorsing a campaign by UK Churches, Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima has stressed the crucial role of British citizens in ridding the world of nuclear weapons.
3 May 2010
Inspire Magazine
The fight to be next Rossendale and Darwen MP
At Longholme Methodist Church in Rawtenstall, more than 200 people are drinking tea and talking politics. It is the interval at a hustings debate between the three main candidates.
1 May 2010
Lancashire Telegraph
Hiroshima mayor backs churches' bid to end nuclear weapons
Endorsing a campaign by UK churches, Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima has stressed the crucial role of British citizens alongside others in helping to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
30 April 2010
Ekklesia
Trinity Methodist Church
Sunday morning's service at 10.30am on 2 May will be led by one of our local preachers, Mr Dean Sherriff. The evening service will take place at 6.00pm.
27 April 2010
Rochdale News
Burned cross is focal point in Methodist church 
Trinity Methodist church has been newly restored and rededicated after an arson attack which destroyed the sanctuary, in December 2008.
26 April 2010
BBC News
West Norfolk church hustings draws big crowd
Around 160 people, ranging from teenagers to old age pensioners, attended a hustings for the parliamentary candidates standing in the South West Norfolk constituency, held on Sunday April 25 at Downham Market’s Methodist Church.
26 April 2010
Network West Norfolk
UKIP candidate omitted from church hustings debate
A UK Independence Party candidate has been blocked from being allowed to take to the stage in a church hustings debate.
25 April 2010
BBC News
Please don’t forget Haiti, says Wirral Methodist minister Reverend Marcus Torchon
IT was an earthquake which devastated the Caribbean nation of Haiti, kil
ling around 230,000 people and injuring about 300,000. Reverend Marcus Torchon, who, for four days, feared his mother and two sisters were among the dead, says: “I think it
could be another 10 years before Haiti gets to where it should be.
20 April 2010
Liverpool Echo
Methodists working hard for Haiti relief and development
Three months on from the catastrophic earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince, British Methodists are continuing to put money and support into the vital relief effort in Haiti.
16 April 2010
Ekklesia
Modern methodist swaps pulpit for the microphone
Being a church minister in 2010 is "one of the most exciting times in history" according to Reverend Steve Wild, chairman of Cornwall Methodist District.
13 April 2010
Thisisdevon.co.uk
Music - April 15 onwards
Chester: Lunchtime concert featuring Emily Jeffcott (piano) at Wesley Methodist Church at 12.45pm. Ring 01244 379275. Retiring collection.
13 April 2010
Chester Chronicle
Bill to stop vulture funds using UK courts gets royal assent
A clampdown on so-called vulture funds that use the UK courts to prey on some of the world's poorest nations today made it into law as a surprising beneficiary of the pre-election wash-up process.
The Guardian
8 April 2010
Farewell to nukes
Sir, We warmly welcome the signing of the new Start pact yesterday, which reflects a commitment on the part of the governments of Russia and the United States to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
The Times
8 April 2010
Caste discrimination a step closer to being outlawed in the UK
The Methodist Church has welcomed an amendment to the Equality Bill which will enable the Government to make caste-based discrimination illegal in the UK.
7 April 2010
Christianity Today
Celebrate God in the here and now, says Methodist President 
The President of the Methodist Conference is inviting Christians to celebrate the risen Lord and his love in action in their lives today.
Christian Today
4 April 2010
Methodists document Abbey Road’s fundraising session for Haiti victims
The aftermath of the Haiti earthquake disaster may be slipping from the media radar, but fundraising for the victims and for rebuilding the country is still going strong.
Sloppy Noodle
29 March 2010
Churches celebrate as UK votes for cluster munitions ban
Methodist, Baptist and United Reformed Church leaders have welcomed the passing of the Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act in parliament yesterday (23 March).
24 March 2010
Ekklesia
Rugby fans don the Shirts of Hurt
Two Swindon Methodist ministers have been spreading the word wearing the rugby shirts of their arch rivals.
22 March 2010
Swindon Advertiser
RNLI support from Burnham-on-Sea Methodists
The Burnham-on-Sea Methodist church congregation hold regular Saturday fund-raising coffee mornings. Starting in December 2008, they have given up the third Saturday of each month, to Burnham RNLI supporters to organise their own coffee events.
22 March 2010
RNLI
Help for Historic Places of Worship
Most listed places of worship are Church of England (85%). Others are Catholic parish churches, Methodist, Baptist, United Reformed Church and other Nonconformist chapels, Quaker meeting houses, synagogues, mosques, temples and gurdwaras as well as a number of buildings now used by faith groups but previously built as schools, cinemas or shops.
22 March 2010
Aboutmyarea.co.uk
Methodist Church hopes to strengthen mission with new heritage guide
The Methodist Church hopes a new book on its history will boost the mission of the Church.
22 March 2010
Christian Today
Report recommends tighter formula for executive pay
“It is relative pay that concerned us,” said the chief executive of the Methodist Central Finance Board, Bill Seddon. “Investors should try to judge whether those at the bottom are being treated fairly. In the 1970s, chief executives were being paid around ten times the average salary of their workers; that has gone up to around 100 times today.”
19 March 2010
Church Times
Welcome centre seeks donations to secure future
A POPULAR meeting point for residents in the Over Ward is being relaunched, but is appealing for funds to secure its future. The Welcome, on Longridge, has been running for 13 years, but organisers have decided it is time to make some subtle changes. First launched by Knutsford Methodist Church, the centre and cafe is run by 25 volunteers under the stewardship of manager Mike Fisher.
19 Match 2010
Knutsford Guardian
TV PRESENTER BACKS METHODIST HERITAGE GUIDE
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, presenter of the BBC's The History of Christianity series, has endorsed a free guide to 100 Methodist sites of historic importance, launched by the Methodist Church today.
17 March 2010
Community Newswire
Taizé Brother Paulo on UK visit
Hundreds of people gathered in Hinde Street Methodist Church in London`s West End on Friday evening, to join Brother Paulo from the Taizé community for a special Lenten Prayer around the Cross in the Taizé style.
15 March 2010
Independent Catholic News
Anglican and Methodist leaders back regional support for fresh expressions
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams and General Secretary of the Methodist Church, Rev Dr Martyn Atkins backed the development of regional support teams for fresh expressions of church.
13 March 2010
Christian Today
Thousands of people have made savings through EcoTeams – now it’s your turn
EcoTeams are small groups of people like you, working together to find ways to save gas, electricity and water. Joining an EcoTeam is free and open to anyone in Redhill and Merstham aged 18 upwards. The meeting will take place on Wednesday 24th March, from 7.30pm, at the Redhill Methodist Church & Centre, Gloucester Road.
13 March 2010
Redhillcouncillors.co.uk
Free Churches question whether BNP should be allowed to stand in elections
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Reformed Church and the Methodist Church in Britain have questioned whether the BNP should be allowed to stand as a party in the General Election.
13 March 2010
Ekklesia
Archbishop and Methodist General Secretary give backing to FEASTs
Addressing a national conference looking at the way ahead for fresh expressions of church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams and General Secretary of the Methodist Church, Rev Dr Martyn Atkins (left) backed the development of regional support teams.
12 March 2010
Inspire Magazine
Young brass band players are wanted
A new brass band for youngsters is set to be launched in Bolton. Young musicians keen to play for the newly-formed Kearsley Youth Brass Band have been invited to a meeting later this month. The band will be based at the refurbished Kearsley Mount Methodist Church Conference Centre.
12 March 2010
The Bolton News
Newburytoday.co.uk's news and events from West Berkshire and beyond
Newbury Methodist Church coffee morning. Bacon rolls, cakes and bric-a-brac, in aid of West Berkshire Autistic Society. Wesley Hall, Northbrook Street, 10am.
11 March 2010
NewburyToday.co.uk
Churches have mixed view on gay age of consent
There has been a mixed reaction from Guernsey's church leaders to proposals to bring down the gay age of consent. It is currently 18 and politicians are debating later this month whether it should be changed to 16, the same as for heterosexuals, on equality grounds. The leader of the Methodist Church in Guernsey David Hart said he supported the proposed change.
10 March 2010
BBC News
Worshippers from throughout the Leigh area packed into a colourful Kingsleigh Methodist Church to celebrate the annual World Day of Prayer Unity Service.
10 March 2010
Leigh Journal
Ghana party for ‘love and unity’
The high commissioner of Ghana’s visit to the town may have been delayed but it didn’t stop members of Ghana Association Reading (GAR) celebrating the country’s 53rd year of independence. Families gathered at Wesley Methodist Church in Queens Road on Sunday night to celebrate the anniversary of the country’s Independence Day.
10 March 2010
Get Reading
Churches urge public to back Trident plea
Church leaders are urging people to sign an online petition calling for controversial plans to spend £100billion on replacing the Trident nuclear system to be scrapped. The Church of Scotland has teamed up with faith groups including the Church of England, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church to lobby politicians at Westminster not to replace the submarine missile at its base on the Clyde.
9 March 2010
The Press and Journal
Parents of younger children in the Yeovil area are being offered free training that will give them the skills to plan and take their own child’s birthday party. This training will be offered by the SHINE charity at a low cost way of providing a great party during an economic downturn, and will give parents practical skills that can help them in voluntary or paid work. There are eight places available and the course will be based at St Mark’s Methodist Church in Chelston Road, aiming to attract parents from the local communities.
9 March 2010
Yoevil Express
Fairtrade trail, farm, craft and evensong events
Churches together in Sheringham will be holding an Easter Activities afternoon on Saturday 27th March from 1.30pm to 4.00pm at St Andrews Methodist Church.
9 March 2010
Norwich and Norfolk Christian Community Website
Churches push for government to enforce workers’ rights
Britain's main Free Churches are joining with charities, unions and campaign groups to lobby for a fairer deal for the country's 3.5 million workers.
8 March 2010
Ekklesia
Ten Top things to do - Mon Mar 08 2010
Looking for something to do in and around Sheffield this weekend? Check out our 10 top things - plus other ideas for the next few days.
8 March 2010
Sheffield Telegraph
We talk as we tour the estate. He takes me to a project run by the local Methodist church, with card games for the elderly, and a club for young people.
8 March 2010
The Independent
Churches campaign for nuclear free world
An alliance of nine British Churches has joined the World Council of Churches in calling on governments to drastically reduce their nuclear arsenals.
5 March 2010
Christian Today
Gay activists welcome vote on religious civil partnerships
Gay rights activists on Wednesday welcomed a vote in the Lords to lift the ban on homosexuals and lesbians holding religious civil partnership ceremonies in churches.
Rachel Lampard, spokeswoman for the Methodist Church, called the amendment "permissive" because churches would still be able to choose whether to hold such ceremonies. The legislation would not require them to do so, she said. "The amendment allows churches the liberty to choose," she said in a statement. "If the amendment forms part of the final Bill to be passed, there would still be many legal issues to be addressed."
3 March 2010
Reuters
Ballynure bowlers organise charity service
Ballynure Methodist Church was the venue on February 28, for a special charity service sponsored by the local bowling club led by its present chairman, Hubert Greer.
3 March 2010
Newtownabbey Times
Discovery is a key part of Methodist Church history
The discovery of a key piece of history at a Teesdale church has unlocked an administrator's desire to unearth more of the religious building's past.
2 March 2010
Teesdale Mecury
Church offers great support to the community
Good works: It has been interesting to read comments on church involvement in the community by Fred Hall. It does go unnoticed because the Christian way should be not to boast of charity work. Action for children is supported almost entirely by the Methodist churches.
2 March 2010
The Sentinel
Kings Langley Methodist Church to hold photography competition to mark anniversary
A Methodist church in Kings Langley is to celebrate its 75th anniversary with a photography competition.
25 February 2010
Watford Observer
Kings Langley Methodist Church to host daffodil fayre
A Daffodil Fayre is to be held at the Kings Langley Methodist Church Hall. On Saturday, March 6, flowers will be in full bloom at the church based in Hempstead Road, Kings Langley.
25 February 2010
Watford Observer
In the running to win that £100,000 is the All-in-One group of Tackley, one of 14 groups out of 100 in the final head-to-head contest. Just being shortlisted has earned them £137,000 worth of energy-saving equipment and advice.
Now the group is planning to install solar panels on the roof of that shop, which is in the same building as the village hall, to power both village churches: Church of England and Methodist.
25 february 2010
Witney Gazette
Methodists help struggling Cumbria flood victims
A Methodist fundraising appeal has raised more than £70,000 for victims of the Cumbria floods.
25 February 2010
Community Newswire
Hemsby couple celebrate 60 year marriage
It may not have been the ideal start, but for one couple celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary a forgetful vicar wasn't going to get in the way of a long and happy marriage. When Peggy Watson was about to walk down the aisle at Hemsby Methodist Church she hadn't bargained that the man due to wed her to Stanley, now 85, would still be digging his garden.
25 February 2010
Yarmouth Mecury
Churches highlight The Big Swap in Fairtrade Fortnight
Churches across the UK are gearing up to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight 2010 and will stage a host of fun and thought-provoking events ranging from film evenings to debates and Mad Hatter’s tea parties to concerts.
20 February 2010
Inspire Magazine
Archbishop of Wales condemns detention of children in immigration removal centres
The Archbishop of Wales has joined fellow clergy and other public figures to condemn the incarceration of children at immigration removal centres.
20 February 2010
Wales Online.co.uk
On Monday, children at Bracknell Methodist Church holiday club watched a performance and demonstration of Street Feet choreography before getting the chance to learn some moves at 2 Street Feet Dance workshops.
20 February 2010
Street Feet Dance.co.uk
Methodist pasty lunch in Helston raises £1,900 for Shelterbox
Crowds gathered at Helston Methodist church hall to support ShelterBox and a tasty lunch.
19 February 2010
ThisIsTheWestCounty.co.uk
SIR – We are writing to express our grave concern at the findings of Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the Children’s Commissioner, on children detained at Yarl’s Wood (report, February 17).
19 February 2010
The Telegraph
The Canteloube Wind Trio presented an interesting and varied programme at their concert at Trinity Methodist Church.
18 February 2010
Basingstoke Gazette
Start fairtrade fortnight with an ethical cuppa
A tea party with a difference will be attended by MP Julian Brazier, who will be urging people to swap their cuppa for a fair-trade alternative.During Fairtrade Fortnight the MP for Canterbury and Whitstable will be visiting the Fairtrade Fair in St Peter’s Methodist Church Hall on Saturday, February 27.
18 February 2010
Your canterbury.co.uk
Bible event set for Sidmouth turn
An influx of "holidaymakers with a difference" will visit Sidmouth next month, as the town hosts a major bible convention.
18 February 2010
Devon24
Sir, Roy Hattersley sets out an eloquent and compelling proposition for the unity of the Church of England and Methodist churches (“A match made in heaven will end unholy rift,” Opinion, Feb 15).
18 February 2010
The Times
A father and son have shaved their heads for charity. Rev Andrew Webb and his son Samuel had their extreme haircut at Sandylands Methodist Church last Thursday, February 11, and were cheered on by 50 people.
17 February 2010
The Westmorland Gazette
What's on Friday March 5, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7, 2010
Pontefract Music Festival starts today with choirs and solo singing at King's School from 10am. Speech and drama performances at Carleton Community Centre on Saturday March 6 and piano, woodwind and strings sessions on Tuesday March 9 at Central Methodist Church.
5 March 2010
Pontefract and Castleford Express
British Methodists urge fast for Fiji as human rights abuses worsen
Methodists across Britain and Ireland plan to participate in a day of prayer and fasting in solidarity with Methodists in Fiji, whose human rights are being denied.
Ekklesia
17 February 2010
Church leaders in Ash Wednesday challenge to economic inequality
Church leaders in West Yorkshire will come together today (17 February) to issue a joint statement urging greater action to tackle the increasing gap between rich and poor in the UK.
17 February 2010
Ekklesia
Trident is an affront to God, say Aldermaston campaigners
Christians have joined with other faith groups to issue a “call to repentance” over the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Protesting at the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment in Berkshire yesterday (15 February), they declared that “the power of Trident is an affront to the power of God”.
16 February 2010
Ekklesia
The death of Methodism? Not quite
Rumour has it that the Reverend David Gamble, president of the Methodist Conference, woke up a sleepy General Synod last Thursday morning by committing the Methodist Church to death by self-immolation.
15 February 2010
Guardian Comment Is Free
The No talk of church merges in SA
leader of the Methodist Church in Britain has offered to merge with the Anglican Church if it would help spread the gospel, but South African church leaders say a merger overseas would have no impact on churches in this country.
14 February 2010
IOL South Africa
General Synod: Methodists likely to merge with Church of England
The head of the non-conformist denomination said it was ready to come back to the national church after 200 years apart, if it would help spread the word of God.
12 February 2010
The Telegraph
Leader signals end of Methodism
The leader of Britain's Methodists made the astonishing suggestion yesterday that he would be willing to sacrifice his church's existence and forge an alliance with the Anglican Church if it was best way to continue spreading the Gospel.
12 February 2010
The Independent
Methodist church 'prepared to go out of existence'
Leaders of the Methodist Church yesterday offered to surrender more than 200 years of independence from the Church of England.
12 February 2010
The Daily Mail
Methodists declare 'we're ready to merge' with Church of England
The Methodist Church is prepared to be absorbed by the Church of England if that is the price of unity, Britain’s most senior Methodist said yesterday.
12 February 2010
The Times
When the Industrial Revolution transformed Britain in the 18th century, the Church of England, hidebound by its ancient parish system, was slow to respond.
12 february 2010
The Times
Methodism offers to die, to rise again.
The Methodist Church is prepared to be absorbed by the Church of England if that is the price of unity, Britain’s most senior Methodist said yesterday.
11 February 2010
The Times
God's kingdom more important than denominations, says Methodist President
The President of the Methodist Conference, David Gamble, has said that seeking the Kingdom of God is more important than the continued existence of individual Churches.
11 February 2010
Ekklesia
Church collecting supplies for earthquake relief in Haiti
Millersport United Methodist Church will collect items for the "Haiti Relief Effort" from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church, 2310 Refugee St., Millersport.
